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Type IIβ Regulatory Subunit of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase: Purification Strategies to Optimize Crystallization

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Abstract

To elucidate the structural basis for important differences between types I and II regulatory subunit isoforms (RI and RII) of adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase, the full-length RIIβ isoform and five RIIβ deletion mutants were constructed, expressed, purified, and screened for crystallization. Only one of these six proteins yielded diffraction quality crystals. Crystals were grown of the RIIβ deletion mutant (Δ1–111) monomer potentially in complex with two cAMP molecules. X-ray diffraction quality data were obtained only after significant modification to existing purification procedures. Modifications required a Sepharose, not agarose, support for cAMP affinity chromatography followed by rapid, quantitative removal of free cAMP by size-exclusion chromatography under reducing conditions. Data to 2.4 Å resolution were collected at 29°C using synchrotron radiation on a single crystal measuring 0.2 × 0.3 × 1.2 mm3. Data were 99% complete. The hexagonal crystal belonged to space group P6(1) or P6(5) with unit cell dimensions a = b = 161.62 Å and c = 39.66 Å.

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